tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post116014015083905724..comments2015-08-02T03:10:39.933-04:00Comments on In the Middle: DC vignetteJeffrey Cohenhttps://plus.google.com/110433684739546897626noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160452657484478782006-10-09T23:57:00.000-04:002006-10-09T23:57:00.000-04:00I ran into Mayor Tony at the Safeway in the Waterg...I ran into Mayor Tony at the Safeway in the Watergate about five years ago, and he was, as you say, quite aloof. Still, one can't question his ability, and I appreciate his common touch. The Washington City Paper, when it interviewed him about a year ago, asked what people could do if they wanted to protest some of his policies. "I dunno," I recall that he said. "Vote me out, I guess." I appreciated that plain-spokenness.<BR/><BR/>Of course, Tony isn't standing for re-election, but that's beside the point.JKWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965566773252227387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160435078914096572006-10-09T19:04:00.000-04:002006-10-09T19:04:00.000-04:00Thanks! now to find a few days for a research jun...Thanks! now to find a few days for a research junketAnother Damned Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00094286296956655810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160434932982184062006-10-09T19:02:00.000-04:002006-10-09T19:02:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Another Damned Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00094286296956655810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160413302137207602006-10-09T13:01:00.000-04:002006-10-09T13:01:00.000-04:00Go Jesuit, if you are seeking easy access to medie...Go Jesuit, if you are seeking easy access to medieval materials. GW's colelction doesn't come close.J J Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160232512448731642006-10-07T10:48:00.000-04:002006-10-07T10:48:00.000-04:00So if I were to visit your town, in order to hide ...So if I were to visit your town, in order to hide away in a corner of a well-stocked library and do some work, would I want to use your library or the one at the slightly similarly named Jesuit institution?Another Damned Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00094286296956655810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160155193174487242006-10-06T13:19:00.001-04:002006-10-06T13:19:00.001-04:00Oh, yeah! That shriner is great. But is he really ...Oh, yeah! That shriner is great. But is he really morose? He seems to possess a sly and winking knoweverything-ness. Or maybe it's just the slant of light in this cyber-cafe I'm sitting in.Eileen Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205471011527344127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160155156516752332006-10-06T13:19:00.000-04:002006-10-06T13:19:00.000-04:00Eileen, I have now updated the post with a picture...Eileen, I have now updated the post with a picture of the shriner on the sill (just snapped it with my cell phone).<BR/><BR/>A most unattractive blog mascot ... and maybe therefore the proper one.J J Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160154521198452182006-10-06T13:08:00.000-04:002006-10-06T13:08:00.000-04:00You know what I think this blog needs? A mascot. O...You know what I think this blog needs? A mascot. One that we could put either above or below the banner, and I would really like for it to be that morose little Shriner. At the very least, can we have a photo of him?Eileen Joyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03205471011527344127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160146068527026602006-10-06T10:47:00.000-04:002006-10-06T10:47:00.000-04:00Although it isn't the scent of wet shriner that tr...<I>Although it isn't the scent of wet shriner that transports me back into lost time </I><BR/><BR/>Are you saying that smell, at once doggy and plastic, hasn't transported you into lost time? Who--or what--do you think is behind your career?Karl Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12848215331692228040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160141695885301352006-10-06T09:34:00.000-04:002006-10-06T09:34:00.000-04:00Although it isn't the scent of wet shriner that tr...Although it isn't the scent of wet shriner that transports me back into lost time ... I take your point!J J Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-1160140455866019892006-10-06T09:14:00.000-04:002006-10-06T09:14:00.000-04:00I think you have a huddled Proust in you yearning ...I think you have a huddled Proust in you yearning to be free, although your madeleine seems to be a wet little shriner.Karl Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12848215331692228040noreply@blogger.com